I\u2019ve been losing weight over the last nine months. It was a choice. A decision. My ankles weren\u2019t bending right and it hurt to walk. I chose to lose weight. I decided to do what I had to do to do that. I\u2019ve changed how much I eat. I\u2019ve changed what I eat. And I exercise more than I did. The results have been better than I expected. And other than the massive aches and pains of muscles being unhappy that I\u2019m changing the shape of my body, I feel much better now than I did nine months ago.<\/p>\n
I was WELL over 280 in January at Mayo, but that was with all my gear on. On March 14, I noticed that my belly was smaller than before, and I took a base line weight with no gear. I was 277. I continued weighing from them on, usually on a daily basis, and have watched the pounds go off. Sometimes quick. Sometimes I hit a stable pattern where I don\u2019t lose at all. Then I make a breakthrough and pounds melt off again.<\/p>\n
Two months ago, I realized that my Samsung App can measure body composition, so I decided to try it out. I\u2019ve been doing that on a mostly daily basis since. The app also does 7-day averages, and looking back two months and comparing the averages is eye opening. I sometimes don\u2019t see the daily progress, but the monthly progress is amazing. Two months ago I had a 7-day average of 265 pounds. My Samsung app and a scan from the watch says 85 of it was muscle, 103 was fat, and 119 was water. For those who can do math in your head, you are saying that doesn\u2019t math. That\u2019s right. I\u2019m certain that the body scan is not entirely accurate, but I\u2019m looking for trends, not exact measurements.<\/p>\n
Two months after I started daily body scans from the watch, I\u2019m averaging 257 pounds, with 83 pounds muscle, 98 pounds fat, and 116 pounds of water. Once again, that total is way over 257, but I\u2019m assuming some overlap in what exactly is water, fat, and muscle. My 7-day average has dropped another 8 pounds in the last two months. Fat mass down by 5. Water down by 3, and muscle down by 2. Once again, the math doesn\u2019t math, but I\u2019m looking for averages and trends.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t like that I\u2019m losing any muscle at all, but I don\u2019t think I actually am. I\u2019m exercising to try to keep that from happening, and I think I\u2019m doing a good job with that. I think I\u2019m losing the fat and water attached to the muscle, which is probably a good thing. The fat loss is very good. I\u2019m losing more fat than anything else, which means I\u2019ve got my body burning the reserves I don\u2019t need to get down to a better weight. And the lower water retention is good as well. I\u2019m carrying way more water than I need, so getting my body to release some of it in a controlled fashion is good.<\/p>\n
Now make no mistake. I am not healthy right now. 250s is not a good weight, but I\u2019m better than I was. I saw 253 two Fridays ago and 255 last Friday. I\u2019m over that right now, but still under 260. I had good food with friends on Saturday, and I made cornbread on Sunday. I\u2019m a foodie, so I celebrate good things, like losing weight, by eating good food I enjoy. And then I go to the work of working it back off. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
I\u2019m healthier now than I was nine months ago when my ankles weren\u2019t bending right and it hurt to walk. Healthier than I was six months ago when I started weighing myself on a daily basis again. Healthier than I was two months ago when I started doing the daily body scans from my watch.<\/p>\n
After gaining one to two pounds a year every year of my adult life, I\u2019m currently losing an average of three or four pounds a month. And that is a trend I am holding. I\u2019m not healthy yet, but I\u2019m moving my body in the correct direction and I\u2019m doing the work to get better.<\/p>\n
Another note is that my taste buds are starting to change and American sweets are starting to taste TOO sweet to me. That tells me I\u2019ve reduced the amount of sugar I eat enough that I\u2019m starting to notice how much sugar is in American sweets. That is also a good thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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